Arek and I got good old Daver out to paint this weekend. We had a great time catching up on stories and getting him used to painting with Montana 94, Ironlak and female Rustos. Needless to say, he “never missed a beat”. Hopefully we can keep him moving and he won’t fall back into another years-long hiatus; Baltimore needs its OG style back.
Had some surprise guests show up many cars deep for autographs and interviews, but we all worked it out. They did admit the wall was looking good.
Only a 1/3 of the way through this historic storm. It’s supposed to stop snowing like this by 4PM Saturday with somewhere around 30 inches. Here’s what we have as of 2AM.
Anyway, those shows I listed earlier on here for tomorrow, are postponed…
It’s going to be a double header for me on Saturday. If you can’t make the Mike Herron Benefit in Baltimore and will only be in DC, while this is a free event, it is RSVP only so hit the link here. I’ll see you at both.
Three modern, sleek streetcars arrived at the Port of Baltimore over the weekend, and were in the process of clearing customs Tuesday morning.
The cars will be loaded and sent to the Greenbelt Rail Yard, where they will be further inspected.
The arrival of the cars in the D.C. area is a landmark. Streetcars last rolled through the city in 1962, when several lines headed into and out of Maryland and Virginia.
“Not only is this a way to link people and neighborhoods, but it is also a way to rebuild neighborhoods. And there are parts of our city that have struggled to rebuild since the original streetcar network was paved over and the riots happened in ’68,” DDOT Director Gabe Klein recently told WTOP.
Right now, two streetcar lines are under construction in D.C. Anacostia and the Benning Road/H Street Corridor will be the first two sections to see the new transportation network.
Plans call for those lines opening around 2012, but city officials say they are working to accelerate that timeline.
DDOT recently unveiled an ambitious plan for 37 miles of streetcars with eight lines.
